March 16, 2012

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Kathy Fisher and Tatanya!

210 years ago
1802

Defense
The United States Congress approved legislation establishing the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.

80 years ago
1932

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight's episode: A Case of Identity

50 years ago
1962

On television tonight
The Twilight Zone, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Little Girl Lost, starring Robert Sampson, Sarah Marshall, and Charles Aidman

Space
The U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos 1, a satellite whose mission was to study Earth's radiation belts, cosmic rays, solar radiation, and cloud distribution.

Albertana
6-year-old Brian Kilbreath was attacked by a cougar in Hinton. A neighbour, Mrs. Elsie McCoy, rescued the boy, whose throat and face were badly gashed.

Hockey
World championships
Group A: Sweden (6-0) 10 Norway (3-3) 2
U.S.A. (5-1) 12 Switzerland (1-5) 1
Group B: Japan (4-0) 20 Netherlands (2-3) 2
Austria (3-1) 10 France (3-2) 1

40 years ago
1972

Died on this date
Harold “Pie” Traynor, 73. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Traynor played third base for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1920-1935 and 1937, batting .320 in 1,941 games. He led the National League in triples in 1923, and in fielding percentage in 1925, the year the Pirates overcame a 3 games to 1 deficit to defeat the Washington Nationals to win the World Series. Mr. Traynor was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1948.

30 years ago
1982

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden: Oh Julie--Shakin' Stevens (2nd week at #1)

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): I Knew You were Waiting for Me--Aretha Franklin and George Michael

20 years ago
1992

Died on this date
Renzhong Wang, 75. Chinese politician. Mr. Wang was a Chinese Communist Party official who supported the pro-democracy movement in 1989.

Roger Lemelin, 72. Canadian author and journalist. Mr. Lemelin wrote the novel Les Plouffe (1948), which inspired a long-running CBC/Radio-Canada television series. He was publisher of the Montreal newspaper La Presse from 1972-1981.

10 years ago
2002

Died on this date
Isaias Duarte Cancino, 63. Colombian clergyman. An outspoken Roman Catholic archbishop, Mr. Duarte was gunned down outside his church in Cali after performing a wedding.

Music
The musicians of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra performed their last of several free concerts at All Saints Anglican Cathedral. They had been on strike since February 15, but the strike ended before the following weekend.